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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inhumation \In`hu*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. inhumation.] 1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment. 2. (Old Chem.) The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed. 3. (Med.) Arenation. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inhumation n : the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: {burial}, {entombment}, {interment}, {sepulture}]
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